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The Depository documents 3 techniques in Madagascar; by risk level: 2 endangered, 1 vulnerable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The hand-weaving of raffia palm fiber into baskets, bags, and mats bearing coded geometric patterns by women of the Fianarantsoa region, central highlands of Madagascar, transmitted exclusively from mother to daughter without any written…
The harvesting, boiling, hand-spinning, and weaving of wild silk cocoons -- produced by the indigenous landibe silkworm (Borocera cajani, also documented as B.
The carving, construction, and geometric ornamentation of houses, tombs, granaries, and everyday objects entirely in wood, without any metal hardware, by the Zafimaniry people of southeastern Madagascar's highland forest region --…